Worksheets7.24 (Trans-Saharan Trade)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name the trade route that travels across the Sahara Desert.
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
Cross-Saharan Trade Route
SIlk Road
North African Trade Route.
The Trans-Saharan Trade Route allowed merchants to travel between which two regions of Africa?
North
South
East
West
Central
The Trans-Saharan Trade Route allowed for the trade of resources from which two major African geographic features?
Gulf of Guinea
Nile River
Sahara Desert
Mediterranean Sea
Niger River
Of the civilizations we've studied, which two would have been greatly impacted by Trans-Saharan Trade?
Kingdom of Mali
Abbasid Caliphate
Byzantine Empire
Kingdom of Ghana
Ottoman Empire
Which term is defined as 'the exchange of goods or material'?
monarchy
commerce
diffusion
animism
A merchant is someone who...
grows crops
leads warriors
teaches about religion
trades goods
Caravans were used to...
record business transactions
travel across the desert
teach reading and writing
exchange foreign money
Why did merchants travel in caravans?
mutual support to survive
speed across the desert
they didn't need to carry as much goods
their leaders required it
Which religion spread into West Africa as a result of trade?
Christianity
Buddhism
traditional religion
Islam
What resource was widely available in the Sahara Desert?
salt
gold
ivory
coal
Merchants who brought Islam to West Africa generally came from Islamic kingdoms in which three regions?
Western Europe
North Africa
Southwest Asia
Arabian Peninsula
East Asia
What new concept was introduced into West Africa by Muslim merchants?
A system of trade
A system of slavery
A system of writing
A system of gold coins
Which trade city was easily accessible to merchants because of its northern location on the Niger River?
Djenne
TImbuktu
Gao
Koumbi Saleh
Which two statements show how religion changed after the introduction of Islam by merchants?
Many West Africans converted to Islam.
Many West Africans still practiced Christianity.
Many Muslims converted to traditional animism.
Traditional religion was still generally practiced.
African leaders tried to execute many Muslims.
How did a system of writing impact African literacy (reading & writing)?
Literacy decreased
Literacy didn't change
Literacy increased
Africa only had an oral-tradition system
Determine a commercial impact of the writing system introduced by Islam.
Merchants could keep written records of transactions.
Merchants could mass produce gold coins.
Trade of gold and salt decreased.
More Africans could read the Qur'an.
Which resource, traded along Trans-Saharan Trade routes, was mined around the Niger River?
ivory
salt
coal
gold
Analyze the map. In the Sahara Desert, Trans-Saharan Trade routes often passed through several...
rivers
religious locations
major cities
oasis towns
